@cbsnews: The Senate confirmed Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who holds anti-vaccine views, as Health and Human Services secretary Thursday in a 52 to 48 vote. Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky was the only member of his party to oppose President Trump's nominee. During confirmation hearings last month, Kennedy denied he was anti-vaccine, despite refusing to disavow his promotion of a debunked link between vaccines and autism. Instead, Kennedy painted himself as pro-vaccine safety, contending that vaccines aren’t tested enough, something experts say is not true. McConnell recovered from polio when he was 4 and still suffers health problems related to the illness. He issued a statement Thursday on Kennedy's nomination explaining his decision and hoped Kennedy will "choose not to sow further doubt and division but to restore trust in our public health institutions.” #kennedy #rfkjr #mcconnell #politicstiktok #trump
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Friday 14 February 2025 14:45:30 GMT
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Senator :
The people writing "term limits" here don't know how disastrous that would be. It's up to the people to decide their representative that and almost everything else they would go wrong with term limit
2025-02-14 14:57:49
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user1916396544236 :
The fear mongering. Rfk isn’t even against vaccines, he just wants people properly informed.
2025-02-25 20:10:34
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CiCi Franny 🇨🇦 :
Jesus you know how bad it’s gotten when Mitch speaks up
2025-02-20 17:48:18
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brumeme :
McConnell only votes correctly when it affects him. Clearly.
2025-02-22 20:18:13
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mmaealexander :
Ok but where was he during covid?
2025-02-18 12:24:08
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Diamond :
So many people I know have Suffered complications after taking the Covid vaccine and booster. It can’t be a coincidence
2025-02-18 19:47:48
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Lauren :
He said he’s gonna go out w. Hopes of still getting to heaven
2025-02-22 21:43:01
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Judy Hawkes :
😂😅😂😅😂😅
2025-02-25 05:23:44
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Rik Jonker :
😁
2025-02-16 17:10:21
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. :
We literally saw how polio fucked up a whole generation, how are y’all against what he is saying?!? we’re genuinely de-evolving,, do we need to fuck up the next generation to learn our lesson like??!
2025-02-14 15:04:03
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🇲🇽 :
Too late. He helped to this crap be put into place by standing with Felon 47 during his first term.
2025-02-14 15:03:42
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SISISIS :
Mitch go sit. You could have stop this foolishness several years ago.
2025-02-14 15:26:57
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tombotomm70 :
Disinformation again media spinning propaganda Kennedy is not anti vaccine
2025-02-14 16:17:42
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shevy24 :
Well Mitch is 100 years old and still able to vote on stupid stuff even though he keeps freezing up, had to be carried to his car, but sure let’s follow his “advice” TERM LIMITS
2025-02-14 16:09:03
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TremblingTarantula :
Another demonstration of how conservatives only care about something when it happens to them.
2025-02-14 17:05:06
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g :
I will never understand how people go against literal doctors and are anti vaccine and anti science. Never will respect people who think they are better and higher than DOCTORS and SCIENTISTS.
2025-02-15 01:29:37
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Jill Heinrichs239 :
If you truely listen to RFK and not the media you would know that he is not completely against vaccines but oversight and contininued research. There is so much greed in politics and medicine
2025-02-16 12:52:38
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Gamerassassin098 :
Let's not forget that he is not innocent in the rise of Trumpism in this country. He had countless opportunities to prevent this.
2025-02-15 14:53:23
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skamperdans 🇨🇦 :
Mitchell put this 💩 in motion in the first place. Now that he can't control the monster he helped create he's gonna speak up?
2025-03-01 18:18:46
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user4738851741661 :
We need Mitch to honor his oath and every Republican in Congress to do so, they are only giving Trump power by not honoring their oath
2025-02-14 18:55:30
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the sunshine slut :
The fact he’s old enough to have gotten polio & survived 😀 In the 40s 😀 And has never retired 😀
2025-02-14 19:59:37
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usr20605000 :
Why. Am. I. Agreeing. With. MITCH! But for real, congress is geriatric, many of them prob had polio, friends or family with it and wished they could have had a vax for it. Rare W
2025-02-15 00:14:44
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Deborah :
The collective IQ of this comment section is concerning 😭 polio is a VIRUS that attacks lower motor neurons. It cannot be fixed with nutrition or antibiotic or herbs. Viruses hijack your own cells
2025-02-15 04:27:43
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gigilvr69 :
The fact that people don't remember the damage polio AND smallpox did is crazy. The fact that you don't have to worry about smallpox and polio is BECAUSE OF VACCINES
2025-02-15 02:45:35
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Witch.xormy.b :
Bro old enough to remember polio is why we need term limits
2025-02-14 22:49:10
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